Tuesday night at Eden Gardens turned into a full-blown Bollywood drama during the IPL 2025 clash between Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Scene tha 13th over ka, jab Shardul Thakur ne ek ke baad ek paanch wide balls daal kar Rishabh Pant ka gussa fula diya.
LSG ne pehle batting karke 238 ka huge target set kiya. Chase karte hue KKR ko mila ek unexpected gift – Shardul Thakur ka out-of-control over. Har ball wide yorker ki koshish, lekin execution tha total off-track. KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane bas dekhte reh gaye, aur Pant ka frustration screen ke paar tak mehsoos hua.
Ek point par to Shardul ko laga unhone ek legal delivery daali hai, aur review maanga. Lekin Pant ne uss review ko decline kar diya, kyunki bacha tha bas ek hi review. Drama tab bhi khatam nahi hua. Fourth legal delivery pe Rahane ka top edge gaya Pant ke upar se chaar runs ke liye, aur fir aayi breakthrough – Rahane ne poora bat lagake catch thama diya Nicholas Pooran ke haathon.
Discipline ki kami LSG ke bowlers mein clearly dikh rahi thi. Sirf 19 overs tak 19 wides ho chuke the. Shardul ne sabse zyada 8 wide balls daale, Akash Deep ne 7 aur Ravi Bishnoi ne 3. Lekin, in sab ke beech bhi, LSG ne dikhaya apna fighting spirit, aur match jeet liya 4 runs se, apni season ki teesri jeet ke saath.
Clearly, LSG ka high-risk, high-reward strategy kaam kar raha hai – bada score banao aur bowlers ko margin do. Bas thoda aur control aur consistency laa dein, to playoffs door nahi!
